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Contradictoriness

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Noun

1. contradictoriness

the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Contradictoriness

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adjective
1. 
inconsistent; incompatible
2. 
given to argument and contention
a contradictory person
3. logic
(of a pair of statements) unable both to be true or both to be false under the same circumstances
Compare contrary (sense 5), subcontrary (sense 1)
noun plural -ries
4. logic
a statement that cannot be true when a given statement is true, or false when it is false

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Contradictoriness

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adjective
1. 
involving a contradiction; inconsistent
: also ˌcontraˈdictive
2. 
inclined to contradict or deny
nounWord forms: plural ˌcontraˈdictories
3. 
something that contradicts; an opposite
4.  Logic
either of two proportions so related that only one can be true and, likewise, only one can be false
see also contrary (sense 6)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Contradictoriness

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adj.
1. Involving, of the nature of, or being a contradiction: contradictory reports about the vaccine's effectiveness. See Synonyms at opposite.
2. Given to contradicting: The contradictory council members often ended up squabbling.
n. pl. con·tra·dic·to·ries
Logic
Either of two propositions related in such a way that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false.

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